Chapter 31

Chapter 31: If It’s The First Phase, Let’s Aim To Recruit 20 Small Fry Palus ~

After breakfast, Ye Xiao began to work.

Ye Youran had finished her studies and wasn’t in a hurry to find a job. For some inexplicable reason, she had become a major shareholder of Ye Xiao. Her current task was to keep an eye on her sister and start a business together with her.

She also wanted to see if there was anything she could help her sister with.

Although she wasn’t good at making games, there were certainly other things she was more skilled at than Ye Xiao.

The three of them sat around the sofa in the living room, staring at the notebook Ye Xiao was holding.

As the three founders of Yunxiao, they felt the cool breeze blowing in from the window and began to consider their strategies for the future.

“Where are the main costs of running the company? It’s in rent, utilities, office supplies, and employee salaries…”

“If we add all of this up and it’s still in a non-profitable state, then the expenses…”

Ye Youran made a chart on Ye Xiao’s notebook.

“Hmm, let’s make a rough calculation.”

Ye Youran, being a hands-on shareholder, was involved directly. Yesterday, Shen Yunchu finally decided to join Yunxiao after being persuaded by Ye Xiao.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Shen Yunchu finally took out her savings of 50,000 yuan and transferred it to Ye Xiao.

“In Binhai, based on 5 yuan per square meter per day, since Yunxiao is just getting started, renting an office of 100 to 200 square meters in a building should be enough, which totals 360,000 a year.”

“Xiao Xiao, how many employees do you plan to recruit in the first batch?”

Ye Youran asked, looking at Ye Xiao.

Starting a business wasn’t just about talking, since money had already been invested, Ye Youran felt she should help her sister to the fullest.

She was really worried that Ye Xiao wouldn’t know what she was doing and would waste her money.

“For the first phase, let’s recruit 20 fishy Palus. As for salaries, let’s average it at 6,000 yuan per month for each Palus. No, it should be 8,000! The happiness index of the fishy Palus must keep up. If the fishy Palus feel miserable, they’ll become lazy. Only when the fishy Palus are in the healthiest state can they contribute their proper value!”

“Palu must be the name of the little spirits in the games you’re making, right?”

Shen Yunchu raised her hand to speak.

Ye Youran had a slightly strange expression. Were they not talking about employees? What did this have to do with Palus?

“Well~ ‘fishy Palus’ refers to those fishy corporate workers. I find it very vivid!”

Shen Yunchu and Ye Youran exchanged glances, both of them not really understanding what Ye Xiao meant.

“Hey, Fishy Sister, you can’t understand such a simple thing? It turns out that both of you sisters are pure, single-celled organisms, useless fish~ But it’s okay, you don’t understand now, but when the game is finished, Fishy Sister will understand what I mean!”

“Fine…”

Ye Youran shrugged her shoulders, her younger sister was like a riddle.

“But Xiao Xiao, isn’t the salary a bit too high?”

“If you don’t offer a good salary, how can you expect the Fishy Palus to work willingly?”

“Okay…”

Ye Youran nodded. Although she didn’t fully understand Ye Xiao’s philosophy, at least her sister wasn’t the kind of greedy capitalist who would be hanged from a lamp post, which gave her some relief.

But this would increase the company’s operational expenses.

“If we calculate at 8,000 yuan per month per person, then for twenty employees, the annual cost would be…”

“Interrupting you, sister, we also need to add year-end bonuses!”

The corner of Ye Youran’s mouth twitched. Did her sister think they had a lot of money?

“Oh right, it should be 19 people. Since Fishy Sister Yunchu and I both studied business management, I want Fishy Sister Yunchu to be my personal assistant. I plan to pay you 10,000 a month!”

“Uh, that’s not good… For me, Xiao Xiao, just send me 5,000…”

Hearing Ye Xiao say this, Shen Yunchu’s face turned red. Why did being a personal assistant sound so improper?

She hurriedly waved her hands, she hadn’t even graduated yet. If she really worked at Ye Xiao’s company, she would at most be considered a fresh graduate, and getting 10,000 directly didn’t seem appropriate.

Fishy Sister Yunchu, you really are a person who talks dirty but is honest! Just honestly be my assistant~”

Ye Xiao gave Shen Yunchu a look that only they understood, causing Shen Yunchu’s face to turn even redder.

“Why do I feel like it’s a drop in the bucket… The burden is just too heavy…”

Meanwhile, Ye Youran hadn’t noticed the exchange of glances between her sister and her “best friend”. She was seriously pressing the calculator on her phone repeatedly, and the amount displayed genuinely scared her.

With the little money they had, it wouldn’t even be enough for salaries. If they couldn’t achieve results, it would be better to hang themselves in the southeast branch.

“Spending money this way is indeed quick, but if you’re not willing to invest even this, how can the Fishy Palus devote themselves to your newly started company?”

“But this is just too much… We only have 1.4 million right now. Even if we add the money you’re going to extort from Dad later, I’ll count it as two million, but that gap… is just too big.”

Ye Youran was already starting to backtrack.

Two million seemed like a lot, but the company hadn’t even started yet. Just a rough estimate showed that if they couldn’t produce results, the company might not even last half a year.

Fishy Sister, who do you think I am? I have full confidence in our game. Our game is definitely going to be a hit. At that time, not only the game, I’ll also produce related animations and official novels for Palu!”

Ye Youran felt her vision darken. She had just gained some confidence yesterday, and now it had all vanished in an instant.

They hadn’t even started, and she was already thinking about subsequent creations for the IP. She really didn’t know whether to say her sister was arrogant or just confident.

“However, it feels so troublesome. Finding an office location, hiring Fishy Palus, purchasing company items—I’ve never done any of this!”

“Xiao Xiao, I’ve never done any of these things either. About this assistant… Shouldn’t you hire a new assistant?”

An assistant is similar to a secretary, but does even more work. There’s a saying, when there’s something to do, the secretary does it, when there’s nothing to do…

Shen Yunchu thought that if she really became Ye Xiao’s assistant, she would only end up being the one who does nothing…

“Hire an assistant?”

Ye Xiao tilted her head.

“It seems that I really needs a particularly capable assistant~”

Ye Xiao said, casting a meaningful glance at Shen Yunchu, causing Shen Yunchu’s face to turn red again.

But it was true that to succeed, they needed to be professional.

Doing business like this would lead them down many winding paths, it would be better to find a special assistant to save a lot of effort, and they couldn’t save on this expense.

Ye Xiao immediately called Su Ruoxue. In this area, Sister Ruoxue should be more familiar than her.

After hearing what Ye Xiao said, Su Ruoxue quickly gave Ye Xiao the contact information of a headhunting company.

Before getting married, Su’s father had considered training Su Ruoxue to become the heir of the Su family.

However, everything was shelved because of this political marriage.

An hour later, four beautiful women, large and small, sat in the customer service center of the Binhai branch of Handelszhe Consulting Company.

Ye Xiao was determined to hire a capable assistant, money was not a problem.

If the assistant was strong enough, a special assistant could run the entire company, allowing her to rest easy.

Ye Youran was anxious, inexplicably having to hire an assistant suddenly, and the game had made no progress beyond a few drafts of Palus. Now there was suddenly an expense to hire an assistant.

In fact, besides finding a headhunting company, Ye Xiao had many options.

For example, posting job listings online for interviews or simply going back to school to scout someone would also be good.

Campus recruitment and online recruitment were simply not on the same level. They didn’t suit Ye Xiao’s identity as the world’s number one beauty and a transmigrator.

Ye Xiao wanted to hire a truly capable workplace elite, someone who could completely understand her intentions with just a word, quickly and efficiently complete tasks.

Those who just came out of school and were wandering in society would hardly have this ability.

Ye Xiao didn’t believe that she could find someone like this just anywhere in society based on her own judgment.

So, it was best to leave professional matters to professionals.